Issues : Tenuto slurs

b. 372-373

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

Slur in FE (→EE,GE1GE2)

Slur in GE3

Our suggestion

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According to us, the varying ranges of the slurs in bars 373 and 377 may result from misunderstanding of the manner of encompassing the full rhythmic value of the last note with a slur ('slurs-tenuto'), used by Chopin on a number of occasions. The slurs visible in FE would be two attempts to adjust such slurs to the notes in the top voice. In the main text, we suggest reconstruction of such a notation in both bars. The slurs were unified also in GE3, which considered the version of bar 373 to be inaccurate. It can be regarded as an alternative attempt to interpret the slurs of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Tenuto slurs

b. 377

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Interpretation of that slur suggested by the editors

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In the main text, we suggest a likely reconstruction of the notation of [A]. However, it is also the sources' literal interpretation of the slur that could correspond to Chopin's intention. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Tenuto slurs